Government to meet to approve Telicka nomination

The government is to meet in a special session on Wednesday morning to
approve the nomination of Pavel Telicka as the country's first EU
commissioner. European Commission President Romano Prodi has given the
Czech Republic until Wednesday morning to confirm the nomination. The
meeting follows an embarrassing few days for the government in Prague,
after the man originally nominated for the post - former Environment
Minister Milos Kuzvart - told the cabinet he had changed his mind. The
Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla collapsed after Mr Kuzvart's announcement
and had to be taken to hospital.